Sandwich-toasting machine



May 13, 1930. G, LINES .l 1,758,121

SANDWICH ToAsTING MACHINE Original Filed Nov, 10, 1928 Z0 7 Z/ 6 Z930 o o Z5. j. zo m' um .l Z 000000 00000010 Z2? o o 0 c) 0 'o gww'ntoz Patented May 13,1930 i -K y i i. .i Y Y UNTED* STATES PATENT QFFICE. x

GRANT LINES, E EoRT WORTH, TEXAS, Y'AssIGfNoR-or,ONE-,THIRD Tos. N. BAKER,

' Y 0F FORT WORTH, TEXAS Y sANnwcia-ToAsTINcfv MACHINE Y Application medmymber 10,1928, serial No. sisma. Renewedcctoberas, 19,29. ,This invention relates to sandwich toasting cured thereto a handle19, by means'ofwhich machines and more particularly to an imkthe casingma'y bemanipulatediand rotated provement of that type of sandwich toasting with theV manifold 15 as an airis. Y Y machine illustrated in my prior Patent No.v Beneath this handle, theforward edge of ,5 1,649,963, granted November 22, 19,27, forftlie yupper plate isprovided with an out` 95 Y Sandwich toasting apparatus. j standing ear 2O to which is secured a down-g An important object of the present' invenwardly projecting stop pin 21. The brackets tion is the modification of the structure illus; 16 are secured tothe rear wall of a casing 22 trated in the patent above referred to to enand in addition to theopenings for mounting able the machine to be employed in toasting "the manifold15,provide amounting for a sec- 60 sandwiches of different thicknesses and perond manifold 23. The casing 22 may or may f mitting ready adjustment of the machine to not, as desired, be provided with a bottom adapt it tosuch variation in thicknesses.` wall.Y

A further object of the invention Vis the y The rear wallthereof is apertured fer .the provision of a device of this character which, passage of a plurality of burners 24 and thehrkV while primarily intended-for use in toasting front and rear walls are apertured to provide sandwiches, may be employedv for simultapivot Vopenings for the Vaxes l25 of eccentric neously cooking opposite sides of bacon, meat` Arollers26.; Upon these rollers rests thelower balls, steaks, hot cakes or the like. I faces of depending flanges 27 formed upon n A furtherobject ofthe invention is to sim; the under Sulfwe of the bottom- Plate 11. plify the structure illustratedin saidpatent The pivot shafts at the front face'ofv the front and therebyV enable vthe machine to be pro` wall of the-,casing 22 are provided'w'ith handucedat a lower cost without in any mannerY dies 28, wherebyfthey may be rotated,and it Y reducing the eiiiciency or longevity thereof.v will be obvious that 'by this rotation, the lower 5 These and other objects I attain bythe con` plate lirnay be raised-or lowered through the struction shown in the accompanyingdrawi limits permitted by the eccentric rollers l26 to ings, whereinV for the purpose of illustration cause this lower plate to approach or'v recede is shown a preferred' embodiment of my infronrthe :upper plate 10i `This-'lower plateY venti'on and wherein z-e hasan earl29 similarly located to the yearg2'0 l 30 'Figurel is a longitudinal verticalsectional'; vof the Vplate 10 and this earhas anapertuV 89y fview through asandwich toasting machine "SOforfthe passage ofthepin 21.5y As inthe constructed in accordance with my invention case of the upper'casing, the end walls of the Figure 2 Vis a transverse verticalsectionahY casing 22 areperforated, asindicated 'atr 31,

' and the-flange 27'of the bottom 'plate where view therethrough'.

' Referring now more particularly'to "the" it opposes these endwalls lis likewise perfo- Y. 85VY drawings, the numerals 10 and'll generallyf rated',as indicated at 32.

indicate upper and lower plates, of which theV The connectionV 33 between the lmanifolds y' v upper plate 1G forms the lower wall cfa cas-'V 15 and 23 anda source ofV supplyV includes Y ing 12 withinwhich are disposed, a plurality 'valves 34,*the outlet ends of which are axially through the rearwalllli of the casing andare Vred therewithbyair mixing sleeves 35 of any rigidly secured to a'manifoldl disposed ad-j yusual or'ordinaryconstruction TheY sleeve jacent such rear wall. This manifold isrof 35 of the manifold-15 is rigidly secured to the tatably mounted adjacent its oppositeends in manifolda` and has threaded engagement with openings formed in the upper ends of brack-il itsfvalveto compen'sateifor the rotating move- 95 Y I Y ets 16, hereinafterto be more particularly dez ment ofthe manifold and, at the same time, Y scribed. The ends of thecasing 12are proo provide a gas-tight connection'. The connecvided with perforations 17 permitting the1ftion33 willberigidto both valves 34 and to "Passage of the products ofcombu'stionjfromf.thefmanifold 23.I f

hammers 1 3 and'V their@ Ym7111718 hasse.' -:uwiiitepbviousrthat with-agganciare@ '100 gY g ci) of burners 13. The burners 113 each iproject, aligned with the Vmanifolds and are connect. 90 j 

